Leigh
Leigh is a town in the Wigan district, in Greater Manchester, England, on low-lying land northwest of Chat Moss. It is situated approximately 6 miles southeast of Wigan and 11 miles west of Manchester city centre.
- Town with about 43,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 feet (30 metres)
- Description: town in Greater Manchester, England, UK
- Also known as“Leigh, Greater Manchester”“Leigh, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Discover Leigh Town Hall and Leigh bus station.
Leigh Town Hall
Leigh Town Hall is a municipal building in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Leigh
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedford and Glazebury.
Bedford
Bedford is a suburb of Leigh, in the Wigan district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England.
Leigh
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Latitude
53.49605° or 53° 29′ 46″ north
Longitude
-2.51715° or 2° 31′ 2″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB LGH
Open location code
9C5VFFWM+C4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Leigh” goes by many names.
ليArabic
LeighAsturian
LeighBasque
Leigh (Manchester Handia)Basque
LeighBavarian
Leigh (Greater Manchester)Bavarian
লেইহBengali
LeighBreton
લૈઘGujarati
ליHebrew
LeighIrish
Leigh, Manchain MhórIrish
LeighItalian
リーJapanese
リー (グレーター・マンチェスター)Japanese
ಲೇಘ್Kannada
레이Korean
LeighLadin
Leigh (Lancashire)Ladin
LiLithuanian
LeighNorwegian
LeighNorwegian Bokmål
Leigh i Stor-ManchesterNorwegian Nynorsk
لیPersian
لی، منچستر بزرگPersian
LeighPolish
LeighRomanian
Leigh, Greater ManchesterRomanian
ЛиRussian
Leigh, Greater ManchesterSerbo-Croatian
LeighSlovenian
لی، منچستر بزرقSouth Azerbaijani
LeighSwedish
Leigh, Greater ManchesterSwedish
லேயிTamil
లీఫ్Telugu
لے، گریٹر مانچسٹرUrdu
LeighWelsh
Leigh, Manceinion FwyafWelsh
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